Travel Blogs from Palanga

So think planes, trains, and automobiles! Fast train to Rome, flight to Frankfurt, flight to Vilnius (Lithuania) and then 3 hour drive to Klaipeda, executive committee meeting, dinner with Carole and the day ended! Not much in terms of fun for the next three days. I am busy with board meetings and Carole is hanging out with students and believe it or not a residence director who grew up in the house next door to us in San Dimas! We have known their family ...

We drove to Klaipeda this morning. It was just an overnight stop on the way to Riga. We arrived just after lunch, checked into the Old Mill Hotel which was right down on the dockside, then took a short ferry ride across the channel to the Curonian Spit. During the height of summer, this area is a very popular holiday location with Latvians, Lithuanians and Russians. ...

... in law. Dinner at Raimonda's house with chef Michael. Italiano benne! We offered to prepare meatballs and his famous red sauce, added some stuffed shells (hit in my family!) and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of Italian products in Maxima and my Familia's appetite! Fun night, little over served as always for my taste, but when Lithuanian meets Italian culture, I am not in charge. Sauna night at Radailiu sodyba, and our attempt to create real American ...

... br> We learned that Lithuanians love their 3 B's: basketball, beer and bread. The dark bread dish they relish and snack on is as follows: fry bread pieces in oil, and cover it with a mixture of mayo, cheese and garlic. Toward the end of our tour of the very small old town in Klaipeda we stopped at a pub where we were treated to a glass of their local award winning beer. Obviously we had to order some of that bread. When I asked our guide what is it called she told me it ...

... in. This time a slightly smaller scale Zorb fits on your upper body and you attempt to play soccer- but you can't see a thing. Think football meets giant sumo wrestler suit rules. Mostly it's just a bunch of guys tackling each other and it's really amusing.

Soon it's onto the zip line, the climbing wall and then some random haystack to chill on. But don't worry if like me you are allergic to hay there are some disco ball hanging chairs at the bar off the main stage to ...